Kathleen Wynne's evil scheme to thwart Rob Ford's coaching career

For the first time in a long time, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was enjoying a pretty decent week. He surprised many of his detractors by showing up to his first Pride event on Monday, kicked off a blitz to crack down on illegal posters on Wednesday and managed to lose just one staffer — a paltry number considering the waves of losses in recent weeks — by Thursday morning. But alas, brother Doug had to go and spoil it all by alleging a grand conspiracy at the hands of the premier’s office.

Speaking with Newstalk 1010’s Ryan Doyle Thursday, Councillor Doug Ford suggested Premier Kathleen Wynne might have played a role in the decision to sack Rob Ford as the coach of Don Bosco’s football team in May. At the time, board officials attributed to the decision to comments Rob Ford made earlier about the Don Bosco school community to Sun News.

“You don’t do that without going to the minister of education,” Doug Ford said Thursday to Newstalk 1010. “I heard they went to the minister of education, the minister doesn’t do anything without talking to the premier, that’s the way the cabinet works.”

“Well, Rob Ford made some pretty disparaging remarks about the kids he coaches over at Don Bosco high school in Toronto. I think we need to do something about it.”

“ZOMG. That guy is giving me such a headache. You know what? Just give him the axe. We need the distraction anyway.”

“Will do. Thanks, Kathy. Good luck with the hard drive.”

“Ehh, yeah…thanks.”

If not precisely, I’m sure that is along the lines of how the conversation went down. And yet when pressed, Doug Ford later clarified his allegation to suggest Wynne knew of the decision, even if she didn’t make it.

“Did she sign the papers, no. Was she involved in making it happen, no. But she did she know about it, did she condone it? Absolutely,” he said. “In my opinion.”

“[Ms. Wynne] thinks she owns Toronto and that no matter what she does to Toronto, people are going to vote for her,” he said.

In fairness to the Fords, Wynne probably has stuck her nose in Toronto’s business when it really wasn’t necessary. At the height of the allegations about a supposed video of Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine, which was followed by staffers leaving the mayor’s office in hoards, Wynne unhelpfully chimed in by saying she was “worried” about the situation and would step in “when and if it is appropriate.”

The recent provincial decision to cut $150-million from Toronto’s social-program fund doesn’t help the rocky relationship much either. But would Wynne really busy herself with the goings-on of the Don Bosco Eagles, especially when her government is so embroiled in controversy of its own? It’s possible, but extremely unlikely. Kathleen Wynne’s office has flatly denied any involvement, and I’m inclined to believe it.

Of course, we can’t know for sure unless we check the Premier’s phone records. They’re probably somewhere with the emails.